| Summary: | m m «■_^WmWK mt W^mmmmk f # I ':H).l.ljl.Ll|lill|-Hfc f i vi 1 : ^ Pjr- 1 'i * . Hans Thot npson <1 «| 1 W » T- ^^^ , ' \m*£:J£ i •* if Wl, .:■ 1 il Wmm . Christopher Thompson, a brother of Tobias H. Thompson, was born in Trondheim, Norway, June 21, 1852. He came to America in 1873, settling in Rock Prairie, Wisconsin. After some years he moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa. In 1880 he came to Traill County and filed on a tree claim in the NE !4 of Sec. 10 Belmont Township. He later changed his claim into a homestead. Mr. Thompson suffered from rheumatism for nine years and because of this spent the summer of 1885 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, seeking medical aid. He passed away April 10, 1894. Interment was made in the North Cemetery of the Ringsaker Congregation. Hans and Antonette Thompson and a daughter, Seri, and a son, Haakon, came to America in 1883, coming to the home of their son, Christopher Thompson. Antonette passed away in the year of 1890, at the age of seventy years. Her husband, Hans Thompson, died in 1910, at the age of eighty-five. On June 1, 1891, Seri married Frans Freiholtz, who farmed the land until his death on May 10, 1912, at the age of forty- seven. Seri passed away August 16, 1932 at seventy-six years. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Anna Erts- gard, who resides on the farm, which eighty-four years ago was a tree claim. Martin C. Vang came from St. Ansgar, Iowa, in 1879, and settled on the S.E. J4 Sec. 19, Belmont Township. About a year later he was united in marriage with Signe Twet- en, who came from Spring Grove, Minnesota. To this union the following children were born: Ida, George, Mrs. Stella Benson, Mrs. Daisy Car- lilo, Mabel Teirney, Theodore Vang and Milford Vang. Martin Vang died in 1915. His wife died five years earlier in 1910. They are buried in the Grue Cemetery. Charles W. Morgan was born at Guilford, Maine, September 13, 1848 and grew to manhood at this town. He enlisted in the U.S. Army for Indian Service and served from 1867 to 1870. After his discharge in 1870 he came to the Dakota Territory. Mr. Morgan was one of the County's first settlers, having been connected with the Hudson Bay Company Post at Frog Point. After leaving the employ of Hudson Bay Company, Mr. Morgan went to Hillsboro, North Dakota and for a time he was Postmaster, Chief of Police and Captain of Co. L. He also served as a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1885 and 1886. He then moved to Anamia, Minnesota where he died on July 5, 1938. Survivors were two daughters; Mrs. L. S. Reed and Mrs. Erick Johnson. Interment was made in the cemetery at Milaco, Minnesota. Bendick O. Rauk was born in Hallingdahl, Norway in 1836. He immigrated to America in 1858, coming directly to St. Ansgar, Iowa. When President Lincoln called for volunteers at the start of the Civil War, Mr. Rauk volunteered for the Army of the West, under General Grant, and later he was under General Sherman on the famous Atlanta Campaign and subsequent March to the Sea. After the war he was mustered out of the Army and he visited with relatives in Wisconsin for some time. He then re-enlisted to fight Indians, which he did for the next three years. In 1878 he came to Traill County and filed on the south-east quarter of section 17, Belmont Township. He lived on this land for a number of years and then moved to Climax, Minnesota. His last years were spent in a Soldiers Home near St. Paul, Minnesota. He was buried at the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. C. F. Getchell was born in Philadelphia, August 10, 1850. He came west when a very young man and from 1865 to 1869 he was engaged as a clerk in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1869 he went to Duluth, Minnesota and during the winter of 70-71 was engaged in running the Pony Express from Ottertail City to Brain- ard, Minnesota. In the later part of 1871 he was at the White Earth Reservation Indian Agency and in 1872, he came to Frog Point (now Belmont). At Belmont, he was employed in Public Surveys. In 1880 he moved to Hillsboro, North Dakota. O. T. Olson was born October 6, 1854 in Mower County Minn. Mrs. Olson was born at Big Canoe, Iowa, January 9th, 1861. They lived at Halstad for a number of years. In 1894 they moved to Belmont, N. Dak., where Mr. Olson was Village Blacksmith for the next 20 years. They belonged to the Ringsaker Lutheran Church at Belmont. Mr. and Mrs. Olson had the following children: Lena: (Mrs. L. H. Olegard—Sheriden, Wyo.) Eddie Olson—Virginia, Minn.; Joseph A. Olson—Buxton, N. Dak.;' and Ella (Mrs. K. L. Johnson—Kent, Wash.). They moved to Douglas, N. Dak. in November, 1914 where Mr. Olson had a blacksmith and repair shop for several years. While in Douglas, they belonged to the Trinity Lutheran Church. Mr. Olson died Nov, 14, 1943 at Minot, N. Dak. at the age of 89 years. Mrs. Olson preceeded him in death. She died October 16, 1938 at the age of 77 years. Swen K. Knutson was born in Norway in 1858 and he came with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Knut Knutson, to Mitchell County, Iowa in 1861. The family was more than eleven weeks in crossing the ocean. Mr. Knutson came to Traill County, North Dakota in the spring of 1877. He was married January 15, 1880 to Miss Jennie Rauk of St. Ansgar, Iowa. To this union were born the following children: Tom, Clarence, Edith, Cora, Stella, Blanch, and two other children that died in infancy. Mr. & Mrs. Knutson settled on the north-west quarter of section 19, Belmont Township. Besides farming, Mr. Knutson was in the merchandising business and Postmaster at Belmont, North Dakota, and for years was treasurer of the school district. He was also a member of the Legislature from his district. Mrs. Knutson passed away in Oct., 1920, and Mr. Knutson in April, 1937. 24 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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